The Art of Living Well Podcast®

Doctor Staci Whitman is on a mission to create a cavity-free world. She is the founder of NoPo Kids Dentistry in North Portland, OR where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach with her patients. Her dentistry and practice philosophy is grounded by science and powered by love.  Doctor Staci attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and initially worked as a general den...

We are very excited for our Health Transformation Audit with our community member Heather.   Today's episode is all about guiding Heather to:   • Visualize her ideal day to live pain and symptom free with more energy and identify what's holding her back. • Identify her biggest roadblock to prioritize her and her family's long-term health and well-being. • Analyze how she can advocate for herself t...

Alexandra Burkowsky is a dedicated advocate of individual empowerment in wellness, education, and personal development. Her approach involves close collaboration with clients to help them rediscover their intrinsic self-value and authenticity through holistic practices, including breathwork, sound healing, meditation, and reiki. After many years in nursing, Alexandra decided to embark on a new car...

Roudy Nassif is a renowned engineer, a health entrepreneur, martial artist, and a light expert who is on a mission to help people experience the freedom, flow, and vitality of living in rhythm with nature's light and dark cycles and achieving better sleep and increased energy. He is the founder of Vivarays,  a company leading the Light Revolution, who is responsible for introducing the world's fir...

Elliot Roe is a leading expert in Mindset Optimization for High Performers and is the world's #1 Mindset Coach for poker players. His poker clients have won over $100,000,000 and nearly every major tournament title, including the World Series of Poker Main Event. Elliot's clientele also includes Olympic medalists, UFC Champions, Hollywood Actors, Business executives and wall street traders. His un...

Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph. D., is the New York Times bestselling author of Bright Line Eating, The Official Bright Line Eating Cookbook, and Rezoom. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is president of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the founder of Bright Line Eating, a worl...

Join Marnie and Stephanie in today's podcast as they debunk carb restriction and discuss that pesky belly fat. They have worked with numerous clients that come to them with difficulty in losing belly fat and struggling to figure out what to eat to stay satiated and full. Get ready for a deep dive into the world of curbing cravings, learning how to stop overeating and releasing more energy. In toda...

Julie Piatt aka "SriMati" is a mystic mother, musician, artist, chef, author and healer who has lived her life immersed in devotion and expansive creativity. She is a wayshower of finding the divine in all life experiences. SriMati shares her wisdom from a multitude of life events that she has experienced as processes of alchemical transformation. In her experience, her life has shown her that it...

We are thrilled to share today's guest, Joshua Church, a Wim Hof Method certified breathwork + cold immersion coach, helping high performers stress less, achieve more, and have more fun. Joshua is the Co-founder at Edge Theory Labs, bringing cold water therapy and tools for high performance and recovery to the world.   In today's episode you will learn:   What is the Wim Hof method. How Joshua bec...

Kristina Marusic is an award-winning journalist at Environmental Health Sciences who covers environmental health and justice at EHN.org and DailyClimate.org. She holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of San Francisco, and her personal essays and reporting have been published by outlets including CNN, Slate, Vice, Women's Health, The Washington Post, MTV News, The Advocate, and Bus...

Join Marnie and Stephanie in today's podcast as they unravel the mysteries surrounding leaky gut. While many have heard the term, few truly understand it. Get ready for a deep dive into the world of leaky gut as they demystify its complexities. In today's episode we discuss:  Why is the gut important? What is leaky gut? Some causes of leaky gut and how to determine if you have leaky gut How to beg...

We are thrilled to share today's guest, Brian Karr, who is the Co-Founder of We Inspect. Brian is a second-generation indoor environmental consultant who specializes in working with hypersensitive individuals with complex chronic medical conditions. He helps individuals and families to understand if mold, mycotoxins, or other indoor pathogens exist in their homes that may be contributing to their...

Yemado is the foremost teacher in North America of Boabom, an ancient Tibetan system of meditation, relaxation, and self defense. He has brought this practice to thousands of students around the world for over more than two decades of teaching, and he has trained Boabom teachers around the world. Yemado is the creator of Boabom Journey, a new 5 star app and video course that allows anyone to learn...

Happy New Year! As we kick-off 2024, we want to let you know how grateful we are for our listeners and we wish each of you a happy, healthy and wonderful new year. Today's show is one of our favorite annual episodes about the new year's health trends. See our exciting list below, and listen to this episode where we dive deeper into each of these trends, and provide tips and resources on how to imp...

The "Sauna Papi" is none other than Luis Leonardo, the co-founder of Sauna Strong, a sauna and cold therapy service. Luis's name developed organically through countless sauna sessions with close friends, who recognized his passion for creating a space where people could connect and share an experience while working through extreme heat. With the help of his right-hand man, Harrison Klein, a breath...

Congratulations to Marnie & Stephanie on hitting 200 episodes!  This is a huge milestone and we are so grateful for our listeners who have joined us on this journey and support us by tuning in each week.  We'd love to hear from you so drop us a note and head over to Apple Podcasts to leave us a 5 star rating and review so that we can reach more listeners.  A few topics discussed in this episode: H...

Congratulations Marnie and Stephanie on your 200th Episode! Please join us next week as we dive in and reflect on this significant milestone! And now let's welcome today's guest: Oliver Nino, also known as  The Spiritual Activator , works as an Energy Medium and thought leader in spiritual development. His niche is helping individuals activate their spiritual gifts and clear their energy blocks. H...

Catharine Arnston is an expert in algae nutrition, a wellness thought leader, an experienced entrepreneur, and sought after speaker.   Catharine started ENERGYbits after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. Catharine immediately sprung into action to help her sister research alkaline foods and in the process she discov...

Laura Zelle is Director of Holocaust Education at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, (JCRC) where she has been on staff since 2005. Laura oversees the daily operations of the program, writing grants and delivering curriculum, educator workshops, speakers, and film showings.  She has been responsible for the vision and creation of numerous educational resources.  L...

Today's podcast is overall a lighter episode, discussing what we are drinking, eating and how we're moving our bodies this Fall. Additionally, we discuss our upcoming 14-Day Winter Liver Detox that will kick-off on January 7th, 2024. A few topics discussed: Marnie shares how she's been feeling this past month since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. This has been an extremely emotional, unsett...

Renée Dineen is an international thought leader playing at the intersection of business, leadership, psychology and well-being. Prior to launching her own coaching & consulting practice, Renée spent over 20 years in international senior leadership roles in the high tech and biotech industries, including five years working and living overseas in Switzerland.  Renée has presented on dozens of global...

Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. After many years as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and Zen practice. Koshin is a world renowned thought leader in contemp...

Today's podcast was recorded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from the Reimagining Health Summit that both Marnie and Stephanie attended. This conference was so thought-provoking and inspiring and we loved meeting so many like-minded speakers and attendees.  In this episode we discuss: Many of the amazing speakers who presented at the conference. How precision health is paving the way for our future (a...

Dr. Will Cole is a leading functional medicine expert who consults people around the globe, starting one of the first functional medicine telehealth centers in the world over a decade ago. Named one of the top 50 functional and integrative doctors in the nation, Dr. Will Cole specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing a functional medicine approac...

We are thrilled to share today's guest James Swanwick, an Australian-American investor, entrepreneur, speaker, health coach and former SportsCenter anchor on ESPN and host of The James Swanwick Show podcast. He is the creator of blue-light blocking glasses Swannies from Swanwick Sleep, which helps people sleep better; and the 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge, which helps people reduce or quit alcohol....